/* SQUIB - Scala's Quirky User Interface Builder 
    Copyright (C) 2008 Tim Dalton

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 
*/
    
package tfd.scala.squib

import java.awt.{LayoutManager}

abstract class BuiltLayout[T <: LayoutManager] extends HasDefaultAttributes 
    with HasSetterAttributes
    with HasLayout
{        
    def apply(attrs: Attributes):T = {
        var layout = newLayout
        doSetters(null, layout, attrs)
        layout
    }

    def apply(attrs: Attribute*):T = {
        // can't seem to "repass" the var args attrs to attributes.apply, so code is duped
        var attr_list = new Attributes
        attr_list ++ attrs
        apply(attr_list)
    }

    def newLayout:T
}